Misfit Coffee — Restaurant in Minneapolis

i catch the bus right in front of their store, so figured I would try them out on thursday morning and got my standard "trying a new coffee place" drink: "medium roast coffee, to go."

the whole experience was awkward.

it was just me and 2 other customers in the place, but it took about 5 minutes for the barista to even acknowledge I was there even though we made eye contact a few times. that was weird.

we also had some trouble communicating over the loudness of the music and how soft spoken he was. This was at around 8am on my way to work so i don't know why they had the music so loud. I guess they are catering to the early morning rave crowd.

I had to ask him to repeat himself a few times to figure out what he was saying. turns out he couldn't hear me, either, so we ended up yelling at each other over the noise of the machines and the music "ONE MEDIUM ROAST COFFEE PLEASE" "OK WHAT SIZE" "LARGE THANK YOU"

The "flow" of their bar is also kinda weird. it wasn't clear that their was a specific place I was supposed to stand to order the coffee, or a 2nd specific place i was supposed to stand for him to give me the coffee, and a 3rd ( !!! ) place i was supposed to stand to pay him, but there is and he had me move around from place to place like some kind of weird awkward dance. I guess they could improve their signage? or maybe be less strict about it when i'm one of 3 customers in the whole place?

they also don't have any of the standard coffee condiments, like sugar packets or milk or whatever mixins, so you'll be dissapointed unless you like your coffee black. At least, i didn't see any but maybe they have some in the back that only the cool kids are supposed to know about. I mean, isn't this a basic standard in coffee shops? you get your coffee then there is a table or something where sugar and cream is available to sweeten to your taste?

the coffee was expensive and tasted sorta oily. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.

I don't think I'll go back: i'll just wait to get to coffee shop in the skyway before getting my morning coffee. This place couldn't even get the...

Seems to be a popular spot, but not a good fit for me. The volume of the music, more suitable for a bar, was a major detractor. Other drawbacks included the fee for non-dairy milk, which is more than other local cafes charge, and the darkness of the back half of the cafe that is faintly illuminated with clubby pink-hued lighting. They offer a wide range of unique specialty drinks, a lot of which seem heavy on the sugar.

Update: As Google does not allow me to reply to the owner, I can follow up here. I totally understand the vibe resonates with some. Like I said, I think I simply fall outside the target audience. Agreed that the drinks are creative and fun! I did try to find a less sweet drink on the menu and ultimately ordered an unsweetened matcha latte. I was trying to find a very lightly sweetened or "naturally" sweetened (e.g. honey, maple syrup) beverage but did not see this type of offering. I did try to solicit recommendations for a less sweet specialty drink from the baristas but they were also at a bit of a loss. (I am taking a fresh look at the menu and think the Black Pepper Miel may have worked well for me.) Regarding the non-dairy milk, I paid $7.25 for a soy matcha latte. On average, this is a $1+ more than I pay for equivalent beverages...

Not the best spot if you’re hearing impaired, which is a bummer because the coffee is great. I’ve been trying to go earlier in the mornings even tho my hearing is worse in the AM, bc I figured the music and noise would be a little lower. But each time I go it’s loud music with quiet staff who keep getting frustrated with me for not hearing my drink getting called out. So I’ve started standing up front to hear better, which seems to be unwanted as well. I’ve tried to let them know that I have hearing loss to soften the frustration of me not responding but they seem uninterested in communicating. Not a dig on the product! Just….not the most welcoming for folks who aren’t fully...